Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:05:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.100.21.33] ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTPS id 15103439 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:57:59 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Original-Message-Id: <3f57fb4b5346b6e371be79e07ecae3e5@cni.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org From: Joan K. Lippincott Subject: Strategic plans from German and Dutch groups X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:57:59 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) Two important planning documents of interest to the CNI community have recently been issued by European groups. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has made publicly available a new strategy paper on ICT (information and communications technology) funding strategies for the research and higher education communities. The paper is now available in English: http://www.dfg.de/forschungsfoerderung/wissenschaftliche_infrastruktur/ lis/download/pos_papier_funding_priorities_2015_en.pdf In the Netherlands, SURF has issued a strategy for the collaborative application of ICT. The strategic plan is available in English at: http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/index2.php?oid=62